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Birds of Paradise
Rose and coconut is a pairing almost nobody attempts, and it is the reason Carolina Herrera Birds of Paradise Eau de Parfum 100ml is worth smelling even if you buy nothing.
The opening is tart and green. Blackcurrant has that slightly sour, almost catty sharpness which stops fruit from reading as sweet, and neroli brightens it with a clean bitter orange flower lift. Then the middle does something unusual. Rose is used fresh rather than jammy, and coconut sits beneath it, not the suntan oil version but a drier, milkier one, closer to the flesh of the nut than to the lotion. The combination is creamy and floral at once, and it holds together far better than it sounds. Vanilla and sandalwood finish it, the vanilla soft rather than syrupy, the sandalwood smooth and lightly milky, both of them extending the creaminess of the coconut into the final hours.
Six materials from 2024, and the composition is clear enough that you can follow every one of them.
At eau de parfum strength it lasts seven hours or so and projects moderately, closest to the skin after the first hour. Two sprays suits it, and the coconut rewards warmth, so skin rather than clothing is the better target. It reads feminine, it works in summer and in spring, and it is a genuinely good holiday fragrance without being a cliche about one. Anyone tired of the standard sweet floral offering should try it.
The house took shape in New York under a designer born in Venezuela, whose debut collection was staged in 1981. Perfume arrived in 1988 through a licence with Puig in Spain, which acquired the fashion division in 1995.
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